printer setup?

[Clarence J]

I'm always using SAM to create a network printer. How do I perform this fr the command line. Eg

Print server name: prtsvr1
print queue name: prtq1
printer name: prtnme1
printer model: HP Deskjet 810C

[Animesh Chakraborty]

Hi,
You can use lpadmin command.
For more information see man page of lpadmin.
You can use jetadmin also

Regards
Animesh

[Santosh Nair_1]

Remeber to do an lpshut before and a lpsched after doing the lpadmin. The lpadmin command can not be run while the lpshced is running (with some exceptions of course).

-Santosh

[Sachin Patel]

Hi Clarence,

Here are some commands with standard options that might help.

Shut down lpschedular
/usr/sbin/lpshut

Adding Remote Printer: $LPRINTER
/usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -a -xlocalname=$LPRINTER,default=n,fence=0,rc=y,is_bsd=n,remname=$PRINTER,remsys=$HOST,remcan
cel=rcmodel,remstatus=rsmodel

Adding the printer $LPRINTER to the lp spooler
/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p$LPRINTER -orm$HOST -orp$PRINTER -mrmodel -v/dev/null -orc -ocmrcmodel -osmrsmodel

Accepting print requests
/usr/sbin/accept $LPRINTER

Enabling Printer
/usr/bin/enable $LPRINTER

Starting the lp scheduler with logging turned off
/usr/sbin/lpsched

Sachin

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi:

You don't mention what type of network printer
connection you are creating. If you are doing a JetDirect connection then this is very easy:

First do an addqueue -l to list all the supported PrinterID's.

Then addqueue -i PrinterID -h printer_hostname -q printer_queuename [-p port]

The -p port is only used on external JetDirects. Addqueue does everything including stopping and restarting lpsched. Man addqueue for details.

Regards, Clay

[Bill Hassell]

It's important to note that a remote printer is often confused with a network printer. A remote printer is typically a printer attached to a server, while a network printer has it's own LAN interface. HP has special software for the JetDirect product line but this won't work on non-HP network cards.

lpadmin will perform the add remote printer task where the printer is either: attached to another server like HP-UX, Solaris, or a PC running NT or Win2K, or the remote dsevice emulated remote printing.

[Clarence J]

If a printer is attached to a windows PC, how do I setup this printer for users on unix to print?

Appreciate your help.

[Animesh Chakraborty]

Hi,
Configured as remote printer from SAM.
There are lot of discussions on this topic.
Search for remote printer.

Best of luck
Animesh

[Stefan Schulz]

If the printer is attached to a Wondows PC there are two ways:

1. The PC has to offer a lp or lpr service. In NT you can install this as part of the TCP/IP protocol. This implementation of the lp service is pretty limited, but you can print. There are also some 3rd party products available.

2. You could use a samba client on your HP-UX box to use those Windowsshared printers.

But it is always better to have real networked printers. (Preferably with a JetDirect card/box.) This is more reliable and better to administrade.

Hope this helps.

Regards Stefan

[Sachin Patel]

Hi Clarence,
My choice is to buy jetdirect external box and use that. you will have more portability and more then one os can easily use that printer rather then installing new software and so on..

Sachin